yellow ribbons

so long time, no post. I know. Things have just been so, so crazy in our lives! Heres a little update:

The biggest news is that we officially know when Eric will return to us!  As of right now, (and praying things dont change), Eric will be coming back to the US in mid-May!  It seems pretty definite as the Family Readiness Officer has already sent emails out stating some of the details of the boys return and normally they wouldn't send those type of emails out without having something pretty solid.  So yay!
Eric is doing great as well! He is currently still out in the field but he is returning to their main camp on Tuesday.  He got to work on a cannon this time around in the field which we all know he loved.  I personally see no delight in shooting a huge cannon but Eric was so excited to do it which was cute.  Kid in a candy store for sure.  When he gets back to camp they will have a few days off before they depart again for a different country all together which makes me a bit nervous.  (Again, sorry I have to be so bland about some details, we arent allowed to talk about a lot of things in the open too much).  But we're all praying that things stay safe in this new place and that he is able to come home in May as expected!  76 more days... but whos counting. ;)
As for things on my end, they have been good!  Baby Waagner seems to be doing well! He/She is still making me super nauseous from time to time and giving me some indigestion and cramping so I know he/she is in there growing like a fiend!  It's been quite a first trimester but today I am officially 11 weeks along giving me only 3 more weeks until my first trimester is OVERRRR and some of these symptoms and aches and pains will start to go away.  They aren't kidding when they say that the first trimester is the worst haha!  As far as my strokes, I've had another stroke since my first one and been to the neurologist seeking some answers.  They don't seem to really have any answers yet so I need to get more blood drawn and take a few more tests before we really figure out what's going on.  If I have a blood clotting disorder (which is probably the most likely) then I may need to start giving myself blood thinner injections everyday which would be no fun.  I see the OB again next week and we will talk about the pregnancy and the blood results that she sent away and maybe figure something out.  Who knows! But I'm feeling good and healthy in general.
 All I'm looking forward to is Eric coming home and taking my life off of 'pause' and moving forward with him.